(NOTE: serum is strongly preferred over plasma. If plasma must be collected, please use EDTA or citrate or as the anticoagulant. DO NOT use heparin.)

Other applications include multiplex assays for:

Specific protein phosphorylation states and expression

Nucleic acids

SNP analysis

Pathogen detection

Strain typing

Haplotyping

Gene expression

If the specific combination of analytes for your desired assay is not available, Bio-Rad offers beads coated with carboxyl groups (-COOH), which are ready to couple to your antibody, antigen, receptor, ligand, enzyme or nucleic acid of choice. In addition, Millipore offers custom assay development and validation services.

Each kit contains one 96-well plate capable of analyzing 76-78 samples in singlet or 38-39 samples in duplicate. Standards and blanks (run in duplicate) occupy 18-20 wells of each 96-well plate.